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[FM11] IK Tord - Becoming the best in Europe using only youth products

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League: Helsingborg 0-2 TordA very poor performance but we somehow won it. 2 2nd half goals from Peter Jansson (YP33) gave us the win to take his tally to 22 in 28. He will play no further part either as he later got injured.

League: Tord 1-1 Kalmar FFNeither of them performed particularly well but neither made any glaring mistakes. Fredrik Karlsson (YP8) got himself injured in the 70th min, so not the greatest final match for him but oh well. Jonas Andersson (YP49) got our goal which was a late equaliser to Kalmar's opener.

Tony Thoren (YP5) has agreed to stay on as a coach at the club but Fredrik Karlsson (YP8) is refusing any contract which is a shame.

Again we came close to Europe but not close enough. We finished 5th which is still pretty good and our points total this season would normally have got us 3rd place and into Europe. Another positive thing to note is our fantastic home record this season, we were 1 of 2 teams to go unbeaten at home all season. Next season I am sure we will finally break into the top 3.

2012: Portugal 2-0 Holland *England failed to qualify, finishing behind Wales and Switzerland in their group.2016: Poland 1-0 Serbia wtf??? *England do their standard early knockout stage exit by losing 2-0 to France in the 2nd Round.2020: France 2-1 Portugal *England reached the Quarter Finals where they were knocked out by Portugal 3-12024: Czech Rep 1-1p Germany *England got knocked out in the 2nd Round by Germany despite having already beaten them in their group. 2028: Holland 0-1 Germany *England reached the Quarter Finals where they were beaten 1-0 by Serbia

World Cup

2014: Germany 0-0p Brazil *England reached the 2nd round before being knocked by Belgium 2-0 2018: Brazil 0-2 Belgium *England came 3rd by beating Serbia 2-0 in the 3rd place playoff. They lost to Brazil 2-0 in the semis. 2022:France 1-0 Spain *England reached the semi finals where they lost to Spain. They then lost to Brazil in the 3rd place playoff2026: Portugal e3-2 Argentina *England reached the semi finals where they lost 1-0 to Argentina. They beat Holland 2-0 in the 3rd place playoff

Good season last year, you've really become a regular top half side. The regular improvements in your youth facilities are also starting to show with the latest intakes producing some very good players. Have the training facilities been improved at all, however?

Gl for this coming season. When I saw that epic penalty shoot-out loss I was like :O.
Media prediction stilll took a rise though the odds didn't

The penalty shoot out was awesome. You won't be surprised to hear that we've been given yet another tough draw in the cup this year.

Originally Posted by Wavelberry

Like the look of the DM. Could be tasty.

Originally Posted by Northwood_dk

Now we are talking

Yer I've been trying to give him as much playing time as possible this season.

Originally Posted by Mr17theJB

Amazing read I would love to try something like this but i don't have the patience for players with such amazing stats
Also the French, German leagues seem very one sided

GL in the new season

Thanks, yer the French one especially although now it is starting to open up a bit same with the German one as well actually. Whereas no team in the English Premier Division has managed to defend their title since Man Utd in 2017

League: Hammarby Fotboll 1-2 TordWell we won our 1st game of the new decade and deservedly so. Hammarby took the lead in the 1st half against the run of play. The moment switched early in the 2nd half where, in a space of 4 mins, Erik Carlsson (YP41) equalised for us and then they had a man sent off. We kept pushing for the winner and Peter Jansson (YP33) eventually got it in the 80th min.

League: Tord 3-2 GefleIt looked like we would cruise it as Jorgen Melki (YP37) gave us the lead in the 3rd min from a penalty. This was followed by a brace from Peter Jansson (YP33) to make it 3-0. However we had to make a meal of it by conceding twice in the last 15 mins and almost throwing away what seemed like a certain victory.

League: Djurgarden 2-2 TordJust like the Gefle match we started well, Jonas Andersson (YP49) scored twice in the opening half an hour but we threw away this lead by conceding twice in the 2nd half. In the end it was a fair result but I was just annoyed as we were in a great position to win it. Also to top it off Peter Jansson (YP33) got injured for 3-4 weeks in the 82nd min.

League: Tord 2-1 HelsingborgWe got off to a terrible start by conceding in the 2nd min but eventually we got into our stride. Bojan Ohlsson (YP29) equalised for us just before half time before an own goal got us the win early in the 2nd half.

League: Malmo FF 2-0 Tord1st loss of the season, we got battered by the current Swedish champions and deserved the 2-0 loss.

League: Tord 3-0 ElfsborgWe bounced back incredibly well with a very clinical display. Niclas Carlsson (YP39) and Jonas Andersson (YP49) got on the scoresheet as well as an own goal to give us a 3-0 win despite only having 4 shots in the game.

League: Vasteras SK 0-0 TordFrom clinical to terrible. We just couldn't score for some reason, definately deserved to win and we had our chances but just couldn't take them.

League: Tord 1-0 Syrianska FCWas expecting a much bigger win against one of the weaker teams in the division but i'll take any win. The goal came from Jorgen Melki (YP37) from the penalty spot in the 40th min.

League: Kalmar FF 1-2 TordThe game was pretty terrible until the last 15 mins where it livened up considerably. Kalmar took the lead before Hakan Nielsen (YP47) and Jonas Andersson (YP27) scored for us.

League: AIK 1-1 TordAIK took the lead in the 1st half but Peter Jansson (YP33) hit back in the 2nd. Overall a fair result although we did a the better chances.

League: Tord 0-0 IFK GoteborgThe start of a tough run of games where we play 4 of the top 7 in the league and another in the cup. We were unlucky not to win ths one but Goteborg's defence held firm unfortunately. Still a point is acceptable.

Swedish Cup 3rd Round: Malmo FF 3-0 TordI put out a weakened team and was duly battered for it. Oh well there's always next year

League: Tord 0-0 MjallbyMjallby were the better team but only just. We are generally playing better against the top teams but we are not quite at the point where I am confident we can outplay them consistently.

League: Syrianska Kerburan 2-2 TordReally should have won this one but our run of consecutive league draws goes on. At least this time we scored. They took the lead before Niclas Carlsson (YP39) equalised for us before half time. Jonas Andersson (YP49) then gave us the lead but we were pegged back thanks to a dubious penalty decision. Also after almost every match I get the message " the hosts/visitors (whichever I am) have the right to feel hard done by as the ref favoured the visitors/hosts (whichever the oppositon is) with the majority of his decisions". I am not sure if this is a bug or I am just not getting the rub of the green at the moment.

Euro U19 Championship Quals

U19 2nd Qual Stage:Sweden U19's 1-2 Switzerland U19'sA fairly even game but we lost out to a late goal. Switzerland took the lead but 3 mins later we levelled through Oscar Eriksson. As I went all out for the win Switzerland grabbed a winner in the 92nd min.

U19 2nd Qual Stage:Holland U19s 1-1 Sweden U19'sA tough game and it looked like it would be a long day when they scored in the 2nd min. However we weren't overawed by them and fought back. Martin Boman scored in the 53rd min to get us a well deserved draw.

Now some boardroom stuff:

The board agreed to a training facilities upgrade at the start of the season and I have just persuaded them to upgrade the youth facilities again

League: Tord 3-1 AssyriskaWe got off to a slow start but recovered late in the 1st half. Assyriska's opener kicked us off and we started to play much better after going behind. Jorgen Melki (YP37) and Peter Jansson (YP33) scored in the 1st half to turn the game around. Jonas Andersson (YP27) finished things off with a 3rd in the 2nd half.

July 2030

League: Tord 1-0 Hammarby FotbollLooked to be heading a goalless draw but Jonas Andersson (YP49) netted the only goal of the game in the 87th min.

League: Tord 2-0 Djurgarden We start the month off with a good win. Peter Jansson (YP33) got the opener before an own goal right on half time made it 2-0. The only other major incident of the match was Jorgen Melki (YP37) getting sent off in the 93rd min.

League: Gefle 0-0 TordWe were completely outplayed but somehow held on. Our away form still continues to be a problem.

League: Helsingborg 0-0 TordSame again, we seem to play alright in the 1st half but then completely collapse in the 2nd. Not quite sure what to do about it.

League: Tord 0-0 Malmo FFGod my fans must be bored by now as we complete a 3rd consecutive goalless draw. At least we played reasonably well in this one.

Friendly: Sweden U19's 2-0 Switzerland U19's
Disappointing result but decent performance. The luck just wasn't going our way as we lost to a much lower ranked opposition.

League: Elfsborg 3-1 TordElfsborg inflicted our 2nd league defeat of the season on us thanks to 2 late goals. Jorgen Melki (YP37) gave us the lead in the 16th min but Elfsborg equalised 6 mins later. They then went on to score in the 88th and 92nd min to rob us of a point.

League: Tord 1-0 Vasteras SKNot an entirely convincing home performance but we got the job done. Martin Persson (YP51) scored his 1st for the club midway through the 2nd half.

Also a takeover could be on the way. Won't be too interesting though as it looks to be a takeover from within.

How are Sylvia getting along on your save?
I am about to start my first full season with them on my career save so was just for general interest. Took over with 10 games left when they were in a relegation fight and helped them survive.

Thanks everyone it is looking more and more like I might get into Europe but I can still screw everything up so I wouldn't guarantee it.

Originally Posted by DSYoungEsq

Hehehe, you are doing awesomely this year! I predict Europe AND a Sweden national team posting soon!

Not sure about the national team just yet although I really hope I do get it soon. It's really annoying having to change your whole squad due to the age limit in the U19's and to a lesser extent the U21's.

Originally Posted by SRL88

How are Sylvia getting along on your save?
I am about to start my first full season with them on my career save so was just for general interest. Took over with 10 games left when they were in a relegation fight and helped them survive.

So they've slipped down a league after spending the 1st 10 years or so in the top half of the 3rd tier. In recent seasons they have struggled to survive in the 4th tier until this season where they have now been relegated in 11th place.

However their cup record is a damn site better than mine:

They've reached:

Quarter final in 2018
Semi Final in 2024

and perhaps their greatest achievement the final in 2016 where unfortunately they lost 2-0 to Vasby.

League: Tord 1-0 AIKJorgen Melki (YP37)'s goal proved to be the decider in a cagey affair against 2 teams fighting for a European spot. This will be a huge boost for us especially as it gives us a slight cushion against other teams.

League: IFK Goteborg 1-1 TordA great point to get away from home against another tough team. Jorgen Melki (YP37) scored again for us but the lead didn't last as Goteborg equalised with 13 mins left. Our chances of a late winner were hit when Hakan Nielsen (YP47) saw straight red in the 85th min forcing us to defend for our lives for the remainder of the match.

League: Syrianska FC 0-1 TordJorgen Melki (YP37) makes it a hat trick of goals in september. His goal was again good enough to give us all 3 points.

League: Tord 2-0 Kalmar FFA morale boosting win ahead of 2 difficult away ties. An away goal gave us the lead before the man of the moment Jorgen Melki (YP37) grabbed a 2nd to seal the win.

Friendly: Ireland U21's 1-0 Sweden U21'sNot the debut I had hoped for. The performance was good but not the result. We played very well for most of the match but a lapse in concentration just before half time caused the defeat. That and our inability to convert chances.

League: IK Sirius 2-0 TordA disappointing result. IK Sirius scored early on to put pressure on us to attack. We did so late on to try and get an equaliser but they countered well to grab a 2nd in the 84th min.

League: Mjallby 3-1 TordIt was going so well till the turn of the hour. Mjallby opened the scoring but Jonas Andersson (YP27) equalised 10 mins later. We fell apart in the last 10 means conceding twice late on to inflict a 2nd straight defeat and putting a dent in our European hopes.

4th place won't necessarily get into Europe as the Swedish cup final is between IK Sirius and 2nd tier side Dalkurd. I'm still not totally sure if the losing team in the final gets the European place if the winner is already guaranteed Europe from their league position.

So they've slipped down a league after spending the 1st 10 years or so in the top half of the 3rd tier. In recent seasons they have struggled to survive in the 4th tier until this season where they have now been relegated in 11th place.

However their cup record is a damn site better than mine:

They've reached:

Quarter final in 2018
Semi Final in 2024

and perhaps their greatest achievement the final in 2016 where unfortunately they lost 2-0 to Vasby.

Cheers mate. Much appreciated.

They are a good cup team. I myself have just knocked Djurgarden out of the 3rd Round of the competition. I would create a thread but I just cannot be bothered.

League: Tord 0-0 Syrianska KerburanOur incredible home run continues as we have now gone over 2 seasons unbeaten in the league. A run that stretches back 40 games and consists of 27 wins and 13 draws. The new Mourinho?

League: Assyriska 3-1 TordHave we blown it? We took the lead against Assyriska in the 24th min through Jonas Andersson (YP49) but we then went on to concede 3 in the next 15 means to throw away the game. Surely we can't get into Europe now.

We made ourselves hard to beat, the down side to that is the number of draws there were. Most of them being 0-0 which shows our major problem of struggling to score. Luckily the defence was on hand to save us on numerous occasions. Our fate came down to the last 2 games where we were 2nd but only 4 points away from 6th place so still all to play for. We drew our penultimate game which saw us slip to 3rd. Then shockingly we lost 3-1 to Assyriska in the last game but thankfully other results went our way which meant we held onto 3rd place to secure our place in the Euro Cup next season.

2012: Portugal 2-0 Holland *England failed to qualify, finishing behind Wales and Switzerland in their group.2016: Poland 1-0 Serbia wtf??? *England do their standard early knockout stage exit by losing 2-0 to France in the 2nd Round.2020: France 2-1 Portugal *England reached the Quarter Finals where they were knocked out by Portugal 3-12024: Czech Rep 1-1p Germany *England got knocked out in the 2nd Round by Germany despite having already beaten them in their group. 2028: Holland 0-1 Germany *England reached the Quarter Finals where they were beaten 1-0 by Serbia

World Cup

2014: Germany 0-0p Brazil *England reached the 2nd round before being knocked by Belgium 2-0 2018: Brazil 0-2 Belgium *England came 3rd by beating Serbia 2-0 in the 3rd place playoff. They lost to Brazil 2-0 in the semis. 2022:France 1-0 Spain *England reached the semi finals where they lost to Spain. They then lost to Brazil in the 3rd place playoff2026: Portugal e3-2 Argentina *England reached the semi finals where they lost 1-0 to Argentina. They beat Holland 2-0 in the 3rd place playoff2030: England 1-0 Holland

The stand out being the 1 season they spent in the Premiership, unfortunately it ended pretty badly with just 2 league wins. However they have bounced back well and have now established themselves as one of the better Championship sides. In the past few seasons they have only narrowly missed out on the playoffs.

FA Cup has been pretty poor, the furthest theyve got is the 5th round and that was only on a handful of occasions.

Pretty much the same for the League Cup although they did reach the Quarter final in the 2029/30 season.

The JPT has been more succesful even if they have failed to win it. They reached the final in the 2010/11 season but lost 2-0 to Sheff Wed.

The last 5 times they were entered into it (2015-20) they managed to reach the Semi finals twice and Quarter finals twice.

Originally Posted by Flamers

Europe money will help so much! Even if you're knocked out first round it's £600k for free!

Yay \o/ can never have too much money

Originally Posted by Romanista1994

Yesss, this is a major step in making the thread title come true!

Yer I am hoping the qualification increases the rep of the club so that I can get better youth players coming through.

I'm impressed! Every long-term game I've seen thus far (including my own) have only ever seen them going backwards, so that's pretty amazing. They back-to-back to get into the Premiership probably was a major contributor as to why they didn't stay there, but I should hope they made a decent bit of cash out of it.

At least in Europe you've not got any reason to worry about the home grown rules, anyhow

Yes! Europe! Now you can attract a lot of top players to your club, or wait a minute......

I have just been given a £4.2M transfer budget and a £33.7K/week wage budget. At the moment I am spending £7.5K/week on wages. So tempting to spend it but I won't.

Originally Posted by Biscotti

I'm impressed! Every long-term game I've seen thus far (including my own) have only ever seen them going backwards, so that's pretty amazing. They back-to-back to get into the Premiership probably was a major contributor as to why they didn't stay there, but I should hope they made a decent bit of cash out of it.

To be honest I expected them to go backwards too. I don't think I've ever seen them do well in any long term save of any version of FM.

At least in Europe you've not got any reason to worry about the home grown rules, anyhow

League: Djurgarden 3-3 TordA very entertaining match, not often you say that about one of our matches. Peter Jansson (YP33) continues to be the only player who has scored for us this season. He bagged a 1st half hat trick to put us 3-1 up at the break. Unfortunately we couldn't hold onto it in the 2nd hald, their equaliser coming in the 89th min.

League: Tord 2-0 MjallbyBojan Ohlsson (YP29) scored in the 29th min to give us the lead against another of the title favourites. Not to be outdone, Peter Jansson (YP33) added a 2nd in the 2nd half to seal the win.

League: Kalmar FF 0-2 Tord1st away win of the season came thanks to a late double salvo from Peter Jansson (YP33) and last season's top goal scorer Jorgen Melki (YP37).

League: Tord 3-1 IFK GoteborgWe started off slowly, allowing Goteborg to score within the opening 10 mins but we came right back into the game. Erik Carlsson (YP41) netted his 1st of the season to make it 1-1. Hakan Larsson (YP35) also got his 1st of the season to give us the lead before Peter Jansson (YP33) netted his 8th of the season already. That's already as high as our highest scorer last season.

Been inactive on here so a few things..
Congrats on reaching europe!, shame about the facilities :/.
New Mourinho <3 hah , gutted that he lost at home irl
Good luck for the season, board are expecting aren't they lol

Been inactive on here so a few things..
Congrats on reaching europe!, shame about the facilities :/.
New Mourinho <3 hah , gutted that he lost at home irl
Good luck for the season, board are expecting aren't they lol

Thanks, yer I was gutted as well but I knew it had to end some time

Originally Posted by Proto Tarkula

Wow, great start! Tord will be champions this year, remember my words!

I hope so, it looks like it will be close this year.

Originally Posted by deadmeat21

great mate! excellent start! where is yp49??

He is coming off the bench for most matches, hasn't been in good form this season though.

Originally Posted by Paulio91

Wow, What a story!! Incredible stuff!
How often do you play FM though? You must have a hell of lot of time on your hands? :P

League: Elfsborg 2-2 TordWe were probably lucky to escape with a draw but i'll take it. Elfsborg took the lead in the 20th min but it lasted just 3 mins before Jorgen Melki (YP37) equalised. Another 4 mins later and we had completely turned it around, Peter Jansson (YP33) netting our 2nd. Unfortunately we couldn't keep this slender lead and Elfsborg equalised early in the 2nd half.

League: Tord 4-1 OddevoldA fantastic result and the 1st time we have scored 4 in a very long time. Anton Dahlberg (YP30) gave us an early lead which we carried through till half time. Unfortunately he had to go off injured just a few mins after his goal. Oddevold equalised early in the 2nd half but this only encouraged us to puck up the pace and score 3 more. Peter Jansson (YP33),Jorgen Melki (YP37) and an own goal helped us to a 3 goal win.

Swedish Cup 3rd Round: VMA IK 0-1 Tord We won a match in the cup! Admittedly it was 1-0 against a 4th tier side and they had a man sent off in the 6th min but it's a win none the less. Peter Jansson (YP33) got the only goal of the game in a match we dominated, they didn't have a single shot. I can feel it, this will be our year

League: Syrianska Kerburan 2-2 TordThe goals are certainly flowing for us in the league, Erik Mansson (YP50) and Jonas Andersson (YP49) both got their 1st goals of the season but Syrianska equalised twice to get a point.

League: Tord 2-0 Hammarby FotbollA very good performance against Hammarby who have made a good start in the league this season. Erik Carlsson (YP41) and Jonas Andersson (YP49) were on target for this win.

League: Atvidaberg 0-0 TordShould have really beaten them especially as they had a man sent off inside the 1st half an hour. We failed to capitalise and a result have lost 2 important points.